Meanwhile, a group of Native Americans successfully petitioned the PTO to cancel the Washington Redskins trademark registrations on the ground that the word REDSKINS was disparaging, and the team appealed, also on the ground that the may disparage provision violated the First Amendment.

6) The trademark examiner from the PTO refused to register Tam's mark because persons of Asian descent could find the mark disparaging, therefore causing the mark to be barred under section 2(a) of the Lanham Act.

We decide, based on the evidence properly before us, that these registrations must be cancelled because they were disparaging to Native Americans at the respective times they were registered," the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board wrote in its opinion.

Montevideo: Uruguay's President Jose Mujica was left red-faced Thursday after disparaging remarks apparently aimed at Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner and her late husband were picked up by an open microphone.

The Ministry said in a statement that Merimi was relieved of his duties after disparaging a member of the government, adding that such an action "represents a violation of the duty of confidentiality which is required in the State's civil servants and agents.

The lyrics, by virtue of its wide appeal, condemnation, excoriation, disparaging or defamatory statements by the defendants about the plaintiff are destined to do irreparable harm to the plaintiff," TMZ.

The fact that a $76 billion market leader is attacking and disparaging a $3 million startup offering a technological innovation simply validates Ultreo's acceptance by the marketplace," Ultreo CEO Jack Gallagher said in a statement.

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